ROSTER REQUIREMENTS CONTINUED RECRUITMENT RULES No player, coach, team, club, league, or association shall attempt to induce a player (minor categories) of any other club to leave that club or zone. Any person who attempts to induce a player of any club/zone shall be deemed to have committed an offence and subject to a penalty with such penalty being decided by the Baseball Alberta Board of Directors. Any players or families of players who have been contacted in a recruitment attempt are encouraged to contact Baseball Alberta to report the incident. Coaches who are found in violation of player residency or transfer rules will be suspended for the balance of the current season. Players who are found to be in violation of the residency rules will be ineligible for all League, Provincial, and post-Provincial play for the balance of the current season. Violations of the residency or player transfer rules may result in further sanctions at the discretion of the Executive of the Board of Directors of Baseball Alberta for the Association involved. These sanctions could include ineligibility of Association teams for Provincial and/or postProvincial play, loss of funding for teams to attend post-Provincial Championships, and/or probation for one or more future seasons of Baseball Alberta League play. Zone 3 and Zone 6 transfers only – Zone 3 and Zone 6, respectively, represent the two largest cities in Alberta. Player transfers within and out of these zones will be administered in accordance with guidelines established by the Baseball Alberta Board of Directors.
TRANSFER PLAYERS REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT PROCESS In order to facilitate the processing of Player Transfers Requests across the province and ensure clarity for players and Associations in dealing with these requests, the following outlines the steps of the process:
• All players MUST register with their Home Association prior to registering with any other Association. This includes players who have transferred in previous seasons and have now played a season or seasons with their current team.
• Upon registration, players MUST pay the full registration fee as requested by their Home Association. For players who have transferred in previous seasons, the Home Association may elect not to collect a registration fee.
• Players MUST communicate with their Home Association President or designate their intention to request a player transfer including identifying the Association that they wish to transfer to as part of the initial registration process.
• Players may obtain the necessary Association transfer signatures in any order. However, the Home Association President may require that the transferring Association President portion of the form be completed first in order to prevent “blank cheque” transfers.
• The completed Player Transfer Request Form(s) with the rationale letter must be sent to Baseball Alberta along with the required player transfer fee.
• Upon transfer, the Home Association MUST refund the registration fee charged to the player. Non-refundable fees identified at registration such as administration or try out fees are not included in this requirement.
• Upon transfer, players MUST contact the Association Registrar, register and pay the full registration fee to the Association that they are transferring to.
• Upon Transfer completion, the Association that the player has transferred to must register the player with Baseball Alberta and submit payment of the Baseball Alberta registration fee.
• Associations’ submission of player registration fees must indicate those players that have transferred in and/or out of the Association in order to reconcile the total number of registered players.
PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY Upon request, teams must submit their Approved Initial/Final Roster to the Official Scorekeeper with their game line-up card at least 15 minutes prior to scheduled game time. Only players who are listed on the Approved Roster will be allowed in the line-up (except for Approved Affiliate players – see Affiliate Player section). If a team cannot produce their approved roster, the game will still be played and a copy of the line-up card must be submitted with the Game Summary Report. If it is confirmed that an ineligible player was used, the opposing team will have the choice of either taking the game result or a forfeit win and the offending head coach will be subject to disciplinary action. All approved players and coaches must be registered (and paid) with Baseball Alberta by June 1 of the current year. Any player or coach who is unpaid as of June 14 may be suspended from play until payment is made in full.
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